[Newbies] problems pulling data from a url..

[Cédrick Béler]

Hi Sergio,

2010/3/24 sergio_101 <sergiolist at village-buzz.com>

> i am currently using HTTPSocket to pull data from a url...
>
> looks like this:
>
>        | data |
>        data := String
>                                fromByteArray: (HTTPSocket httpGet: anUrl).
>

the problem here is that HTTPSocket httpGet: '' return
a RWBinaryOrTextStream.

To get the string, you need to send the message contents to the stream.

(HTTPSocket httpGet: 'json url') contents



>
> i end up with a string that has my desired data (a JSON string), but,
> it's preceeded by this:
>

yes because it's a stream, not a string.

hth,

Cédrick


>
> 'a RWBinaryOrTextStream ' '<here is the stuff i need>' ' '
>
> i am trying to lop off the first part by doing:
>
> jsonData := dataString replaceAll:  'RWBinaryOrTextStream' with: 'test'.
>
> just to see if i can touch the string..
>
> but no matter what i do, i can't get any parts of the string to be
> raplaced..
>
> it almost looks like there are three strings in there..
>
> the RWBinaryOrTextStream one, the one i need, and an empty one..
>
> is there a better way to pull a url?
>
> thanks!
>
>
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